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delicate

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EASILY BROKEN

The plant has delicate white flowers.
Synonyms and examples
breakable
Put breakable ornaments on a high shelf when young children come to visit.
fragile
Small mammal bones are extremely fragile.
brittle
The ground was a carpet of dried leaves and brittle twigs.
weak
The floors were uneven and too weak to support the heavy equipment.
Antonym and example
unbreakable
The crystal looks and feels like glass, but is unbreakable.
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See also
break
fracture
bustinformal
shatter
smash
snap
chip
crack
split
fall apart
break down
stop working
crash
fail
broken
dead
defunct
bustedmainlyUSinformal
out of order
have had itinformal
kaputinformal
on the blinkinformal
on the fritzUSinformal

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If somethingbreaks, or if you break something, it is damaged so that it no longer works or is no longer in perfect condition. If something iseasily broken, it is easy to damage that thing. If a machine or a vehiclebreaks down, it stops working. If something is damaged so that it no longer works or is no longer in perfect condition, it isbroken.

BREAKING EASILY

She carefully wrapped up the delicate glass ornaments.
Synonyms and examples
weak
If trees do not get enough water they become weak.
strong
Steel is a very strong material.
flimsy
There was only a flimsy inflatable raft between him and the raging river
rickety
We climbed up the rickety wooden stairs.
fragile
Some objects are too fragile to be moved between the museums.
tender
The bugs feed on tender new shoots.
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See also
feeble
puny
weedyUKinformaldisapproving
frail
ailing
dodderymainlyUKinformal
sickly
defencelessUK
vulnerable
faint

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If a person is weak, theyare not physically strong. A weak object, material, etc.breaks easily.
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